The businessman's sense of smell is the keenest, and information is something that has no legs, but it runs faster than something that has feet.

The days of the cold winter wax moon were originally the lightest situation for merchants. But the winter moon of the first year of Xingping is completely different. The news of the Ma family's investment promotion and reconnection to the Western Regions spread to every corner of the Han Dynasty. Moreover, I heard that in order to ensure safety, the invincible Ma Jiajun sent troops to escort it, such a good thing immediately squeezed the door of Chang'an's household division.

Nowadays, there is not a single merchant in the fourteen states of the Han Dynasty who does not know that the Ma family is the most tolerant prince towards commerce. Even, its tolerance has reached the point of encouragement.

Who doesn't know that the Ma family has a policy of light tax insurance? Who doesn't know that the Ma family itself is a huge consortium? Who doesn't know that the head of the Ma family, the demon god who kills people without blinking, also flashes with golden light in his eyes when he talks about 'money', exactly like those old fritters in the mall?

Those merchants who have cooperated with the Ma family, or have heard of the Ma family, know that in addition to the vast magical powers, the Ma family only recognizes five baht money!!

What are the businessmen afraid of, what they are afraid of being deceived, the Ma family has always recognized the tradition of only five baht coins, which gives the merchants great confidence. Because in this era, the government that uses five plants of money is a trustworthy government, and the government's method of recovering a five-plant money and turning it into a big money of "a hundred and a thousand" is really terrible. In the blink of an eye, a wealthy businessman with a lot of money can become penniless. What the businessman asks for, what he asks for is a word of profit, and for the sake of profit, they can run without their lives. But if you run around, and finally let the government slaughter them like fattened pigs, it is definitely a great wrong.

In fact, the princes of all parties treat merchants with such a rough concept. Only the Ma family, under the strict hierarchical society of 'Shinong Industry and Commerce', resisted the pressure of public opinion and implemented an attitude of treating everyone equally.

Moreover, merchants choose the Ma family, in addition to making money safely, they can also obtain a height that is difficult for businessmen to reach in their lifetime: they are cordially received by Liu Yue, the princess of the Han Dynasty. Even, you may also receive the glorious and honest business card issued by the Ma family!

That gold medal, placed in the entire business circle of Dahan, is a well-known name: the gold medal awarded by Princess Dahan herself, such as glory and status, is it comparable to those small merchants? !

Needless to say, the local merchants under the Ma family's rule came up with the speed of snatching after receiving the news. Merchants from other places were also afraid that they would not be able to grab the hot ones, so they hurried to Chang'an regardless of the cold winter wind: they went to the Western Regions, where money was everywhere, and Ma Jiajun personally formed a team to escort them, without any risk, only a large amount of money beckoning to them!!

In less than a month, thousands of businessmen have come to sign up and pay fees. The merchants who can hand over 10,000 yuan are naturally big households, although some people are under the rule of the Ma family, but it is obvious that their family background is very thin, and this performance is a bit excessive, indicating that they have not been "rich" for a long time, so naturally there are people behind them.

In this regard, Ma Chao ordered the household department and the officials to strictly investigate it, and ruthlessly eliminated those merchants with the Ma family's official background: although the Ma family wants to develop rapidly, power and wealth must not be linked together. Otherwise, to put it mildly, there will be commercial disputes of corruption, bribery, and illegal competition. And in the big picture, it is more likely to cause the rapid degeneration of this era!

Ma Chao always keeps in mind that integrity and development should be grasped with both hands, and both hands should be hard. A bumper harvest of spirit and material is the real progress and development.

For a time, under Ma Chao's busy guiding program and bold reforms, and under the dedication and dedication of all the good ministers and capable people in the Ma family, Chang'an City gradually became lively, and there were more and more outsiders, and later some people obviously had a Central Plains or Jiangnan accent. There are also many Hu businessmen, they buy houses in Chang'an City, buy industries, build workshops to recruit people, for a time in Chang'an City, the price of construction craftsmen, textile craftsmen soared, and even the price of rice began to rise.

Subsequently, under the tolerant policy of the Ma family, those merchants with great powers saw the business opportunities in Chang'an and brought in grain from all over the country. After that, Chang'an really came alive: the local Chang'an people had dozens of acres of fertile land in their hands, and they worked and did business in their spare time, and they made a lot of profits. And businessmen from other places naturally rely on industry to make a lot of money in Chang'an. Although none of these people had to pay some commercial taxes, the commercial taxes of the Ma family were strict and the taxes were very low. Second, there are also supervisory bodies that can complain. Everyone thinks that the heart of Chang'an, a big man, can be brilliant again and is just around the corner.

At this time in Chang'an, there is no longer a talk of the East City and the West City. Yes, only commercial and residential areas. Yes, such a division is naturally based on the planning of Fufeng New Town. With the maturity of brick and cement technology, as well as the influx of a large number of laborers. The Ma family spent almost a penny or a soldier on the proceeds and hired tens of thousands of civilians to carry out the post-disaster reconstruction and transformation of Chang'an. The salary treatment is the first in this era. Many non-local workers did not return home during the Spring Festival. And a group of people who came early have already made up their minds to settle in Chang'an.

Everywhere is a hot scene, and all parties are full of flowers. Ma Chao saw that one workshop after another, and the houses rose up like air. He sometimes stood on the wall of Weiyang Palace and looked north at Chang'an, and he couldn't believe his eyes: Is it to wait for this year to be repaired? At the beginning, the demolition of Weiyang Palace was so ruthless, it was really more than a bandit. Now that the Ma family is rich, it's time to talk about pomp, right?

However, just thinking about it, Ma Chao knew that the Ma family was not yet at the point where it could be squandered. In the past six months, everything has just started. In order to completely break the determination of the Ma family, Ma Chao also issued a document to Chang'an and other states and counties, asking the county officials under the Ma family to take care of the caravan, except for the relevant officials in charge of taxation, the rest of the people are not allowed to conduct arbitrary inspections and harsh deductions. It is also necessary to eliminate bandits along the way to ensure their safety.

On the Liangzhou side, in order to completely open up the trade route this year, Ma Chao specially dispatched Su Ze and You Chu to be responsible for rebuilding the Western Regions Protectorate. He also made it clear that he should not use force easily as much as possible, and that he could take advantage of the opportunity of this caravan to renew trade and exchanges with the countries of the Western Regions. Again, they also wanted to go and escort the caravans. And, I sincerely pray to meet some thieves who don't have long eyes.

The Ma Jiajun was different from any of the princes of the Han Dynasty, they were a professional army built by Ma Chao, and their combat effectiveness far exceeded those semi-professional armies that farmed and fought. However, this time, the veteran soldiers of the Ma family were a little sad, because the Ma family recruited another 50,000 recruits, and after nearly half a year of training, they were sent to escort the caravan in batches. Those veterans of a hundred battles, only without violating the military regulations of the Ma family, rubbed the cheap eggs of those recruits.

However, those recruits have almost no military merits to make except for the remuneration of escorts. The banner of the Ma family caravan has already started the entire Han Dynasty, and all the poor thieves, even if they can't celebrate the New Year, they don't dare to touch a single hair of the Ma family caravan. At the beginning, there was something that was not long-sighted, and after accidentally committing a mud, it directly attracted a large number of Ma Jiajun's encirclement and suppression, killing not even chicken feathers in one place, and also involved other bandits in the same entrenched place........

And Su Ze and You Chu are definitely capable of standing alone. You Chu is imaginative and eclectic, but Su is people-oriented and sincere and keeps his promises. The two joined forces, and the construction of the Western Regions Protectorate, like Chang'an, was booming.

Of course, this time it was Li Zihao's caravan that was the most low-key. However, low-key is low-key, but the sweater delivered by Li Zihao is quite valuable. More than 5,000 trucks of goods are worth more than 2 billion yuan, but when they come back, they are afraid that the value will be doubled: on the Xiongnu side, there are many war horses and livestock, but the Dahanzhou County needs ........ The goods are not empty, and the money is made back and forth, which is the true nature of business.

Ma Chao looked at Li Zihao's departing back, licked his lips and said: "Not much, as long as there are five more years, no, three years, the Ma family can definitely become the richest prince in the Han Dynasty." At that time, even if you throw money, you can also smash other princes to death! ”

Looking at the caravan, Ma Chao really felt as if he had seen a flowing river of gold........